Gettysburg+Address

Gettysburg Address Questions for 5th graders to answer on the VoiceThread: > > > > > >
 * Why does Lincoln begin his speech with a reference to "Four score and seven years ago"? (Hint: What significant event happened in America eighty-seven years before 1863?)
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 * The Declaration of Independence says "all men are created equal" is a "self-evident" truth. What does the Civil War suggest about American convictions in the 1860s regarding human equality?
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 * What does Lincoln mean by calling the Civil War a test of the ability of the nation to "long endure"?
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 * What does Lincoln say is the best way for the living to honor the dead at Gettysburg?
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 * What is "the unfinished work" or "great task remaining before" his audience, the American people?
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is "the cause" for which the soldiers buried at Gettysburg "gave the last full measure of devotion"?
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is "the new birth of freedom" Lincoln calls for, and how does it differ from the nation's original birth